There are more than 114,000 HVAC companies in the United States alone. So, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a new HVAC business is difficult.
Picking the right name gives prospective customers an idea about your business’s services, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.
Are the best HVAC company name ideas already taken? How do you come up with something fresh? And is the name legal to use?
If you’re not sure how to answer those questions, you’re in the right place. Keep reading to learn my top tips for choosing a creative name for your business and how to make sure your favorite choices are available.
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Tips for Choosing a Catchy HVAC Company Name
If you’re struggling to choose a company name for your HVAC company, one of the best things to do is start brainstorming. As you go through the tips outlined below, make a list of words, phrases, and terms associated with your business.
From there, you can narrow down the list and cross off ideas you don’t like.
Once you have several top considerations, we’ll walk you through how to make sure you’re allowed to use them. This last step helps you narrow down your list even more so you can make a final decision.
1. Consider the Services You Plan to Offer
An HVAC company can focus on a few different types of services, so it’s worth considering the use of your services in the name of the business. Maybe you want to focus on commercial or residential customers, installs, or maintenance. Perhaps you’re considering offering other specialty services.
Add the different types of services you want to offer to your brainstorming list.
Remember to avoid anything limiting your business’s future growth if you decide to go in another direction down the road.
2. Location-Specific Terms
Most HVAC companies are specific to a geographic service area. So, if that’s true for your business, consider adding a location-specific term to your business name.
You can consider things like:
- City nicknames
- Neighborhoods
- Regions or states
- And descriptive terms
However, consider what happens if you expand outside your intended service area. Does the name become limiting? If so, it’s best to avoid it if you plan to expand or change directions later.
3. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce, Hear, or Spell
Despite the technological advances in voice search, assistants like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand slang and other confusing words.
This could limit how often your business shows up in voice (and text-based) searches if your name is hard to spell, pronounce, or hear. Because of that, it’s important to avoid complicated words, industry jargon, and using numbers in place of letters. While having a unique HVAC business name is good, being too unique may not be so good.
Keep your business name as simple and easy to remember as possible so potential customers can easily find you.
4. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words
Alliterations and rhymes are catchy and easy to remember. Because of that, they make for great business names.
That said, it’s not always easy to come up with them. Start by choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorming list.
Then, you can Google “words that start with C” to come up with a name like Complete Comfort or Cool Company or whatever letter you’re using to create an alliteration. Alternatively, you can search “words that rhyme with _____.”
It can be time-consuming, but it’s an excellent place to start.
And don’t forget to add any exciting finds to your brainstorm list while you’re at it. Try not to overthink the names you come up with during this stage. Just write them all down, as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.
5. Steer Clear of Initials or Obscure Acronyms
Initials and unusual acronyms are hard to remember, so they typically don’t make great business names. They can also be challenging to pronounce and confusing for voice search.
Furthermore, there are 325 different two-letter combination possibilities in the English language. And the odds of your customers remembering the specific letters you chose are pretty small.
6. Imagery Words
Another consideration when brainstorming name ideas is whether HVAC industry-related words could also lend themselves to be used in a logo. For instance, an HVAC company could use a snowflake or heat and focus the name around the image.
Related: How to create a logo for your business.
7. Still Struggling? Try the Owner’s Name
If you’ve made it this far and are still struggling to find the best name, you can always consider using the business owner’s name. Doing so works well if the owner also plans to be the face behind the business.
Something to keep in mind is that using the owner’s name as the business name can make it more challenging to sell the business in the future.
List of the Best HVAC Business Name Ideas
Here is a list of existing HVAC company names that may help you come up with some creative ideas.
While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure it can be used. Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!
- 1 Hour Air Conditioning & Heating
- 1-800air Conditioning & Heating
- 2nd Opinion Cooling Service
- 3h A C Of Orlando
- 5 Star Heating & Cooling Solutions
- 72 Degrees Heating & Cooling
- 911 Cold Air
- A Cool Breeze Heating & Air Cond
- AC Fast Solutions Corp
- AC Pro
- A D Refrigeration & HVAC
- A To Z Air Care
- A Z Absolute Cooling
- A/C Central
- A/C Now
- A/C Repair Pro
- A1 Elite Air Condition
- Absolute Comfort Cooling
- Accountable Air Conditioning
- Accutech Cooling
- Ace Two Hours Air Conditioning
- Action Air Conditioning Heating
- Advanced Climate Solutions
- Advanced Heating & Air
- Advantage HVAC
- Affordable Air
- Air & Heat Of North Florida
- Air Climate Control
- Air Conditioning By Steven
- Air Conditioning Experts
- Air Conditioning Guy
- Air Conditioning Inc.
- Air Docs Of The Treasure Coast
- Air Flow Pros
- Air Force 1 Air Conditioning
- Air Inc.
- Air Service of Citrus County
- Air Services Of America
- Airmax Heating & Air Cond
- Airtight Cooling & Heating
- All Comfort Air & Heating
- All Good A/C
- All Toasty Heating & Air Conditioning
- Alpha Air Conditioning & Heating
- American Air Conditioning Service
- American Conditioned Air
- American Heating
- Arctic Circle Air Conditioning & Heating
- Arizona Sommers Cooling & Heat
- Atlantic Air Conditioning
- Atlas AVAC
- Awesome Air SD
- B & J Comfort Solutions
- Bakersfield Air Conditioning
- Bay Area Comfort Solutions
- Best HVAC Service
- Castle Cooling & Heating
- Celestial Air Conditioning Co
- Climate Solutions
- Comfort Breeze A/C
- Cool Air Pros
- Cool Tech Air Conditioning
- Cool Today
- Cooley’s Heating
- Cooling Co.
- Cooling Inc
- Cooltech Heating & Cooling
- Custom Climate Professionals
- Dave’s Heating & Air Conditioning
- Duane Scott’s A C Service
- Duckworth Environmental Service
- Eastern Mechanical Service
- Eco Fresh HVAC
- Elite AC Repair
- Elite Air Conditioning
- Ellis Air Systems
- Express Air
- Extreme A/C
- EZ Furnace Repair
- Fathead Cooling
- For The Love Of Air
- Four Seasons Heating and Air
- Frank’s Quality Air
- Freedom Air Conditioning
- Fresh Air Solutions
- Furnace USA
- Go Green Smart Cooling
- Gomez Air Conditioning
- Got Heating & Air
- Hawk Heating & Air Conditioning
- Helm Cooling Systems
- High Desert Mechanical
- Home Central Air
- Home Heating & Cooling
- Honest Air
- Hot Spot HVAC Services
- HVAC Incorporated
- Indoor Comfort Heating & Cooling
- Infinity Air Solutions
- Innovation Air Conditioning
- Integrity Air Conditioning
- Jamison Heating & Cooling Service
- Just AC
- Keep Cool
- King Air Conditioning
- Kj’s Cooling & Heating
- Laroche Fire & Ice
- Low-Cost Heating & Air Conditioning
- Modern Air
- Modern Comfort Solutions
- Mohr Air Conditioning
- Moore Heating & Air
- Moore Heating & Cooling
- Mountain Air Cooling & Heat
- Mountain Breeze Heating & Air Conditioning
- NV Heating & Cooling
- Oasis Air Solutions
- Old School Heating & Cooling
- One Call HVAC Services
- Onyx Heating & Air Conditioning
- Pacific Coast Refrigeration & A C
- Pacific Heating & Air Conditioning
- Park Mechanical
- Perfect Air
- Performance Refrigeration
- Pleasant Air
- Power Source AC
- Precise Air Conditioning
- Premier Air Conditioning
- Prime Air Care
- Quality Air Conditioning & Heating
- Quality Cooling
- Real Time Bros Heating & Air Conditioning
- Reliable Home Comfort
- Rose City Heating & Air
- Same-Day AC Repair
- San Diego Air Conditioning
- Spartan Cooling
- Summit Breeze Heating & Cooling
- Sunset Heating & Cooling
- Super Air Repair
- Superior Air
- Tier 1 Air Conditioning
- Topnotch Mechanical
- Trinity Air Conditioning & Heating
- True Tech Air Conditioning
- Unlimited Air Mechanical
- Valley’s Best Heating & Air Cond
- Vegas Air Solutions
- Wingate Mechanical
Is Your HVAC Name Available?
At this point, you should have several top considerations to choose from. And the best way to narrow it down further is to check each one for availability.
This step is helpful because using a name that someone else is using could be very costly, time-consuming to rebrand your business, and possibly embarrassing. There are several places to look to check whether a name is available to use, so let’s walk through each one.
Can the business name be registered in your state?
If you plan to use a specific business name, you may be required by the state to verify it’s available to use.
Related: How to check business name availability in your state
Is your name already trademarked?
When searching for a name for your new business, you should check that your new name isn’t trademarked by someone else. If it is, you may not be allowed to use it legally.
Thankfully, the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) makes trademark searching a breeze through their Trademark Database.
A name isn’t necessarily available if it doesn’t appear in this search. Every business has some limited protection through a common law trademark. This means another business can’t open up down the street with the same name, as this creates confusion for customers. Also, check local competitors by doing a Google search and looking through the Yellow Pages.
If your name is available and you want to protect it from being used by anyone else, you can register it with the USPTO.
Related: How to check for a trademark
Hopefully, you now have some good business names to work with. Once you have narrowed down this list to just a few interesting names and researched that they are all available, start asking friends, family, and potential customers for their thoughts to get feedback, and then pick your perfect HVAC company name!
